Introduction On July 20, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued In re Marriage of Davis, 61 Cal. 4th 846 (2015) (Davis). For the purpose of determining when a couple is “separated” and thus no longer acquiring community property, Davis adopted the reasoning from Norviel1 and construed the phrase “living separate and apart” as requ...
Bill Eddy
Most experienced family lawyers know that personality disorders have become a significant...
Mark Sullivan
Introduction – An Office Visit “I need some help – I’m lost in th...
Deborah H. Wald
On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued its historic rulings in the compa...
Lulu L. Wong
When I look back on time served on the ACFLS board, Many years from now, I won’t rem...
Dawn Gray, CFLS
McClintock v. West (2013) 219 Cal.App.4th 540, 162 Cal.Rptr.3d 61. Holding: The trial co...
Stephen H. Kennedy
A Short History – Reform: Organizational changes were made to the State of Californ...
Debra Frank
I’m very excited to serve as Editor of the ACFLS Family Law Specialist for the 2014...
Hon. Thad A. Blizzard
Having completed a year as a family court judge, with no prior family law experience, I ta...
M. Sue Talia
Most family lawyers have done some limited scope representation, and we know that when it...
Mark E. Sullivan
When you’re doing a military divorce case and it comes time to deal with the militar...
This article focuses on the income approach to determining the marital standard of living...
This year we all have experienced significant challenges and changes in our lives due to t...
Define Reality, Provide Hope The original quote is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte: “Th...
[The first part of this article dealt with the basics of Guard and Reserve military servic...
Doveryai, no proveryai: “Trust, but verify.” Ronald Reagan famously repeated this Russian...